1934 Philadelphia Athletics season explained

Philadelphia Athletics
Season:	1934
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Shibe Park
City:	Philadelphia
Owners:	Connie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Managers:	Connie Mack

The 1934 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing fifth in the American League with a record of 68 wins and 82 losses.

Offseason

• November 6, 1933: Tony Freitas, Gowell Claset, and cash were traded by the Athletics to the St. Paul Saints for Rip Radcliff.^[1]
• December 12, 1933: Mickey Cochrane was traded by the Athletics to the Detroit Tigers for Johnny Pasek and $100,000.^[2]
• December 12, 1933: Lefty Grove, Max Bishop and Rube Walberg were traded by the Athletics to the Boston Red Sox for Bob Kline, Rabbit Warstler, and $125,000.^[3]
• March 27, 1934: Rip Radcliff and George Detore were traded by the Athletics to the Louisville Colonels for Hank Erickson. Hank Erickson was returned to the Colonels in April 1934.^[1]

Regular season

Notable transactions

• May 14, 1934: Ed Madjeski was released by the Athletics.^[4]
• August 9, 1934: Wally Moses was purchased by the Athletics from the Galveston Buccaneers.^[5]

Roster

1934 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C		99	269	72	.268	0	34
1B		150	539	180	.334	44	130
2B		117	419	99	.236	1	36
3B		144	543	179	.330	16	90
SS		151	599	168	.280	17	82
OF		153	649	202	.311	6	46
OF		141	547	168	.307	34	92
OF		101	329	92	.280	14	60

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
	92	272	76	.279	1	28
	92	248	56	.226	6	30
	66	205	56	.273	2	17
	81	177	43	.243	1	22
	7	16	1	.063	0	1
	10	10	2	.200	0	1
	8	8	3	.375	0	2

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	37	232.0	14	11	4.50	92
	36	230.2	9	17	4.41	66
	2	9.0	0	1	12.00	2

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	39	207.2	11	12	4.68	88
	42	194.1	12	15	4.68	71
	32	155.0	7	9	4.88	58
	37	129.0	6	7	5.37	37
	5	37.0	3	2	3.41	15
	14	30.2	0	2	5.87	6
	9	21.2	0	1	12.05	19

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	20	6	2	1	6.35	14
	11	0	3	0	4.88	9
	8	0	0	0	11.00	2
	3	0	0	0	15.75	0
	2	0	0	0	2.08	1

External links

• 1934 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1934 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/radclri01.shtml Rip Radcliff page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cochrmi01.shtml Mickey Cochrane page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/grovele01.shtml Lefty Grove page at Baseball Reference
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/madjeed01.shtml Ed Madjeski page at Baseball-Reference
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/moseswa01.shtml Wally Moses page at Baseball-Reference